Detachable cardcase for pocketbooks



April 2?, 1926* G. O. TANTLENGER DETACHABLE CARDCASE FOR POCKETBOOKSFiled Nov. 30, 1923 INVENTOR ATTCRNEIS displaying such cards.

Patented Apr. 27, 1923..

UNIT-so sraras I iterate series.

GUY 0. TANTLINGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EMIL 'WEISSBROD &SONS, INC., OF GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION" OFMASSACHUSETTS.

DETACHABLE CABDCASE F031 EOCKEI'BOOKS.

Application filed November 30, 1,923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY O. TANTLINGER, a citizen-of the United States,residing at 1402 Foster Avenue, Ghicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in DetachableCardcases for Pocketbooks, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to pocket books of various types and moreparticular ly to cases which are designed for holding and individuallydisplaying such articles as identification cards, passes, photographs orthe like and which are adapted to be removably attached to a pocket bookor bill fold. Y j. I I

Many pocketbooks, particularly those of the bill told type, are providedwith a pocket especially designed to hold identification cards, passesor the like, such pockets usually having a transparent side so. thatwhen the pocket book is opened or unfolded the printed matter upon thecard will be visible through said transparent side while the cardremains entirely within the pocket. Usually only one of thesetransparent card pockets is" provided, and this to the exclusion of apocket or compartment available for other purposes, although certaintypes of bill folds are occasionally manufactured with two or moretransparent card pockets incorporated therein. [Many peoplehowevert'requently have occasion to carry at least several cards such,for example, as lodge cards, passes or the like, and are unable topurchase pocket books having adequate provision for holding andseparately Furthermore a person may wish to carry different numbers ofsuch cards at different times, sometimes carrying, say ten or twelve andat other times only one or two cards or perhaps none at all.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an articlein the nature of an attachment for an ordinary pocket book by the use ofwhich the pocket book may be adapted at will to carry a card or SerialNo. 677,860.

'vide a case or holder of the character above referred to which may bereadily attached to a pocket book, bill told or the like; which, whenattached, will appear as an integral part or permanently incorporatedmember of the pocket book; and which may be readily detached from thepocketbook whenever desired.

rinother'object ot the invention is to provide a case for cards or thelike which is so constructed that it may be detachably scoured toapocket book or the like without involving the permanent securement'tothe pocketbook ot a fastening device or devices of any sort. I p I Otherobjects of the invention and the features of construction by which theyare attained will be apparent from the following description of thecertain embodiments thereof illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawingsin which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a case illustrating oneembodiment of the present invention;

, Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively perspective and elevational views of acase illustrating another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is transverse sectional view of the case shown in Figs. 2- and 3;and

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a pocket book of the bill told typeshowing the application thereto ot the case illustrated in Figs. 2, 8and 4. I

' Referring first to'the embodiment of the invention illustrated inFigs. 2 to 5, inclusive, the case therein shown is designer, to holdthree cards andt-o this end comprises two pockets '6 and. 7. The twopockets 6 and 7 are hingedly secured together at 8, the pocket 7 havingboth of its sides composed of transparent material,

such as celluloid, and thus being adapted to hold two cards inback-to-back relation so that their printed faces will be visiblethrough the sides of the pocket, while the pocket 6 is adapted to holdonly asingle card and has. only .one transparent side. Thenon-transparent side of the pocket 6 may be made of flexible leather orof other suitable material and is extended beyond the open mouth or" thepocket, as shown at 9 (Fig. i) and stitched to a flexible extension 10of one side of the other pocket which extension projects beyond themouth of said pocket. The two extensions 9 and 10, thus stitchedtogether, constitute the hinge connection 8 hereinbefore referred to.

To enable the device comprising the two card pockets 6 and 7 to bedetachahly secured to a pocket book, such as the bill fold shown at 11in Fig. 5, said device is provided with leaf or tab 12 which is ad apted to be removably inserted into one of the pockets or compartments ofthe pocket book.

he leaf 12 may be secured to the pocket extensions 9 and 10 by means ofthe line of stitching which secures said extensions together and saidleaf is of such size and shape as to fit substantially without end playin the compartment of the pocket book. Preferably, as shown, the twoshorter edges of the leaf 12 converge outwardly from the extensions 9and 10, thus making said leaf of a shape adapted to be easily insertedin the pocket of the bill fold. The leaf 12 may be made of celluloid ofthe same grade as that employed for the transparent sides of the pockets6 and 7, or it may be made of any other suitable material, the celluloidhowever has been found to be desirable since it is of sufiicientstiffness to be inserted into the pocket of the bill fold withouttendency to buckle. If this leaf 12 is made of celluloid, it is adaptedto be inserted within a transparent pocket constituting an integral partof the bill fold without obscuring from view any card or other articlewhich may be contained in said pocket. Both the leaf 12 and the twotransparent sides of the pocket 7 may advantageously be bound withnarrow strips of leather as shown at 14. Various grades and styles ofleather may be employed in the manufacture of the card holdingattachment to correspond with the leather of the pocket book to which itis intended to be attached so that when attached it will not detract inany way from the appearance of the pocket book but will look like anintegral part thereof. The leaf 12 is thin and thetwo pockets 6 and 7normally lie closely adjacent one another so that they will not greatlyincrease the thickness of a pocket book when attached thereto. No injuryto the pocket book will result from the attachment thereto of the cardcase constituting the present invention since there are no fasteningdevices to be clamped or permanently secured to the latter. Obviouslythe card case may be readily detached from the pocket book wheneverdesired.

It will be noted that the pockets are secured together and to the tab insuch a manner that the pockets have their open sides adjacent the hinge.This prevents cards or the like from falling from the pockets as theywould if the pockets were opened at the side opposite from the hinge.

The detachable card case may be variously modified in its constructionand in its arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of theinvention. For example, the case may be made with a single pocket onlyand said pocket may have only one transparent side for the display of asingle card, a case of this sort being shown in Fig. 1 wherein thetransparent side of the single po'lret is designated 15 while it)indicates the leaf or tab for reinovably attaching said pocket to apocket book. In this form of the invention three of the marginalportions of the non-transparent side of the pocketmay be folded over andstitched to the transparent side 15 as indicated at 17, while a separatestrip 18 may be used to bind the fourth edge of said side, thusproviding a pocket of pleasing as well as durable construct-ion. Anextension 19 of the non-transparent wall of the pocket shown in Fig. 1is stitched or may be otherwise suitably secured to the leaf or tab 16.If desired, a case of the general type shown in Fig. 1 may have twotransparent sides for the display of two cards. By constructing the casewith two pockets each having two trans arent sides, a single case may beadapted to hold and display four cards. Thus a person may be suppliedwith card cases having provision for holding one or a plurality of cardsas may be desired or he may obtain any number of cases of similar ordifferent characteristics and selectively use these cases to adapt anordinary pocket book to carry a certain number of cards at one time anda different number at. another time as may be desired. It is to beunderstood therefore that the scope of the invention is to be defined bythe appended claims rather than by the foregoing description.

The invention having been explained that which is new and desired to besecured by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a pocket book orthe like of an attachment therefor comprising a. plurality of pocketseach having at least one transparentside and one side of each pocketbeing extended beyond the mouth thereof, a. tab for detachably securingsaid pockets to the pocket book, and means for securing together saidextensions and for securing the latter to one edge portion of said tab.

2. An article of manufacture con'iprising a separately formed envelopehaving transparent walls, and means for hingedly and frictionallysecuring said envelope inside of a pocket book so that itis concealedwhen the book is closed.

3. in article of manufacture comprising an envelope having a transparentwall, and

substantially the same size' as the envelope hingedly secured to oneedge thereof, and

adapted to be inserted in apocket of a pocket book, so as to befrictionally held therein.

4. The combination With a pocket book having a pocket, of a separatelyformed envelope, one Wall of which is transparent, and a supportingsheet to which saidenvelope is hingedly connected along one edge, saidsheet being constructed to enter said pocket and thus detachably securesaid envelope to the pocket book.

5, An article of manufacture comprising, an envelope having atransparent side open along one edge and a piece of relatively stifimaterial hingedly secured thereto adapted for insertion in a pocket of apocket book.

6. An article of manufacture comprising, an envelope having at least onetransparent side and an opening along one edge, a piece of relativelystifi material hingedly secured to said envelope adjacent said open edgethat is adapted for insert-ion in a pocket of a pocket book.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

GUY O. TANTLINGER.

